Stories
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
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When depression is worse than physical illness
Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.
Catalogue
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The Alpine winter cure : with notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja / by A.T. Tucker Wise.
Wise, A. T. Tucker (Alfred Thomas Tucker), 1848-1928.Date: 1884
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Some remarks on the climate of the Swiss Alps, with pulmonary cases treated at Maloja (6,000 feet) / by A. Tucker Wise.
Wise, A. T. Tucker (Alfred Thomas Tucker), 1848-1928.Date: 1887
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Winter health-resorts : the climate of Atlantic City, and its effects on pulmonary diseases / by Boardman Reed.
Reed, Boardman, 1842-1917.Date: 1880
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Some remarks on the climate of the Swiss Alps, with pulmonary cases treated at Maloja (6,000 feet) / by A. Tucker Wise, M.D.
Wise, A. T. Tucker (Alfred Thomas Tucker), 1848-1928Date: 1887- Ephemera
Drug advertising ephemera. Box 11.